Is MC a Sanctuary County for Illegals?

Is Montgomery County a Sanctuary County for Illegals? Seems to always be about $ when it's a hard task.
CATW asked Sheriff Tommy Gage the following:
Mr. Gage:Please provide the number of illegal immigrants that were arrested between 1-1-2008 to 7-1-2008. Do your departments currently participate in ICE 287(g)? If not, why?
Mr Gage's office refused to advise how many illegals have been arrested, but after some pushing I received an answer to ICE 287(g).
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office does not participate in the ICE 287(g) program. The current requirements to participate in the program include not only training but the cost to connect the local database to the federal database.
Currently we do not have the time to or adequate staffing to permit our personnel to attend such training nor do we have extra funding to cover the costs of software/hardware.
Our personnel are extremely busy with their regular patrol functions and I believe it necessary to address our response times and availability for calls for service at this time. The same is true in terms of finding "additional" dollars to spend towards a computer connection. Finally, I believe the agency budget is insufficient to justify any additional dollars towards this effort.
On a final note, I can report that in reviewing the literature on a number of success stories, it is important to know "most" of the cases involving a 287(g) incident have occurred at the time of commitment to a jail facility. We are very fortunate here in Montgomery County to have an ICE agent assigned to our jail. He is able to review ALL arrests and, if needed, conduct further investigation and the handling of additional charges or commence formal deportation should the situation warrant.
If the future ever provides for sufficient staffing and funding, MCSO will certainly evaluate the potential of having 287(g) certified deputies.
Sheriff Tommy Gage